President Ghani believes the new U.S. strategy on Afghanistan is an opportunity for Pakistan not to repeat the past.

President Ghani made the remarks while speaking at an Asia Society meeting in New York on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly.

Welcoming announced by President Donald Trump last month, president Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said:“It is a unique opportunity for the leadership of Pakistan to discuss with us the legacy of the past and a determination not to repeat the past but to overcome the past.”

He said that the overarching goal of the new U.S. strategy is a political settlement.

According to the president, the political settlement has two parts including state-to-state understandings and the primacy of state to state relationship in contrast to reliance of non-state actors and offer of political dialogue to Taliban.

“It should be clear to various Taliban groups that they cannot win in the military field…they need to realize that they are losing the people of Afghanistan,” he said.

Commenting on reforms, Ghani said that the generational change is taking place in both civilian and security sector.

“Our minister of defense is under 40. He is not part of the generational quarrels of the 1970, 1980s and 1990s,” he said.

In an interview with National Public Radio, Ghani said that the four-year security plan in Afghanistan involves the goal of bringing 80 percent of the territory under control.